but despite the outbreak of the singapore airshow ta kes outbreak of the singapore airshow takes off today. from a toilet lunch to going solo, whyjapan is changing ina to going solo, whyjapan is changing in a major way. good morning, as though —— asia, hello world. that you could join us foran hello world. that you could join us for an exciting addition of asia business report was the primary go his own. that started with the coronavirus outbreak was not as of this morning, the death toll in china has topped 1000 and nissan motor became the second car manufacturer to stop production due to parts shortage. and it is having a huge effect. notjust on global travel and trade, but with many events around the world being delayed or cancelled. the meetings, incentives, the exhibition centre, does make sector, also known as mice, was worth over $800 billion in 2017. amazon has decided to pull out of the mobile world congress in barcelona, spain. the tokyo to the paralytic games are less than six months away and organisers are growing increasingly concerned. the singapore airshow has not

monica miller is at the singapore airshow. what precautions are the organisers taking in order to keep everyone safe? this is the biggest event in asia of its kind and organisers say that they have put every precaution in place and what that means, as my crew and i found in place and what that means, as my crew and ifound out in place and what that means, as my crew and i found out this morning, is that several miles away from here you enter a medical tent with your vehicle. you get out of the vehicle and the temperature is taken. and then when you get a clean bill of health you go through security, multiple steps, because this airshow is focused on the defence industry so we went through three checks to do that. they also have a no contact wallasey which means no shaking hands which is difficult when this is an event to meet face—to—face to make deals. they are adamant about not shaking hands. you can wave, you can bow but you also need to keep your distance. and there is plenty of sanitiser and all precautions that you c

despite the virus outbreak, the singapore airshow takes off today. but some big names are missing in action. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, the tv audience for sunday night's oscars hit an all time low. so we'd like to hear from you — why do you think that is? are you bored of awards ceremonies? get in touch — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. join the conversation. the authorities in china say the coronavirus epidemic has now killed more than a thousand people. on the highest day of mortality so far, hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, registered one hundred and three deaths. an advance team of medical experts from the world health organization has arrived in china to try to answer the many unresolved questions about the epidemic. the who is also holding an international conference in geneva to try to accelerate the development of drugs and vaccines to help fight the virus. gareth barlow reports. bussed from their homes and into qu

several international aerospace companies withdraw from the singapore airshow as fears of the virus hit the global economy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: from countryside to coastal towns — democratic presidential candidates blitz the new hampshire state ahead of the first primary election. triumph in hollywood brings jubilation in seoul, as south korea celebrates the oscar—winning movie parasite. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. i'm glad you could join us. it's 1am in london, 9am here in singapore and also in beijing, where china's leader has made a rare public appearance to highlight the government's efforts to fight the coronavirus. speaking to medical workers, xi jinping called for "more decisive measures" to combat the outbreak. the latest figures released in the past hour by chinese authorities put the total number of deaths from the virus to more than 1,000, with some 40,000 cases confirmed. celia hatton has our first report. china's president, the man at the pinnacle of the communist party ma

of course the singapore airshow ta kes of course the singapore airshow takes off tomorrow. the event usually gathers the biggest names in aviation, but the coronavirus outbreak has prompted some companies to pull out of the exhibition. on thursday chinese tech giant alibaba reports its earnings for the quarter ending in december 2019, and on friday almost one month since the signing of the partial trade deal beijing will reduce tariffs on $75 billion worth of us products by half, including goods like soybeans and crude oil. let's talk about that so i just mentioned, because in recent years the airline industry has been soaring to new heights —— airshow. particularly in south asia and india. but the problem is there are not enough commercial pilots, so how will airlines meet demand without compromising safety? this cadet is kicking her new career into gear as this cadet is kicking her new career into gearasa this cadet is kicking her new career into gear as a commercial pilot. the 23—year—old decided to abandon a career in the medical profession and follow her passio

monica miller at the singapore airshow, thank you. samsung has unveiled a folding flip—phone and a range of 56 devices all with price tags of $1,000 or more. the world's leading mobile phone—maker held its major launch event in san francisco, ten days before the industry's annual get together mobile world congress is due to take place in barcelona. many firms have pulled out of that event because of concerns about the coronavirus. as rory cellan—jones reports, samsung is now looking to move ahead of its chinese rivals. here's the new normal for major events. outside, a temperature monitor to screen possible coronavirus victims. inside, facemasks for anyone who is worried. but, at its biggest event of the year, samsung wa nted event of the year, samsung wanted us to focus elsewhere, on 56, photography and a folding phone. when i'm ready to use it, all i have to do is flip it open... the star of the show was the z flip, a smaller but more convincing and elegant folding device than last year's galaxy fold. we've engineered new 56 c

flying in the face of adversity these chinese fighter jets did make it to the singapore airshow this week plenty more didn't. the biennial aerospace event opened on choosing but the deadly coronavirus outbreak has seriously clipped its wings singapore is a long way from china but it has reported 45 cases so far. as a result over 70 exhibitors including major players such as military aircraft maker lockheed martin and the canadian plan maker bombardier have skipped the event at least 10 chinese companies are also not here due to a travel ban on those coming from the country imposed by singapore. well i notice that there are difficult bits which which are empty this morning i think some people didn't turn up and then this day they seem to have reduced presence. but this is still a major industry event boeing and airbus are in attendance among 930 exhibiting companies what is one of the biggest global shows of its kind organizers have imposed strict medical checks and handshaking is being strongly discouraged not that much of that was expected here anyway with few anticipating any major

flying in the face of adversity these chinese fighter jets did make it to the singapore airshow this week plenty more didn't. the biennial aerospace event opened on choosing but the deadly coronavirus outbreak has seriously clipped its wings singapore is a long way from china but it has reported 45 cases so far. as a result over 70 exhibitors including major players such as military aircraft maker lockheed martin and the canadian plan maker bombardier have skipped the event at least 10 chinese companies are also not here due to a travel ban on those coming from the country imposed by singapore. well i notice that they're very difficult to switch to cheer him this morning i think some people didn't turn up and then this day they seem to have reduced presence. but this is still a major industry event boeing and airbus are in attendance among 930 exhibiting companies and what is one of the biggest global shows of its kind organizers have imposed strict medical checks and hunch checking is being strongly discouraged not that much of that was expected here anyway with few anticipating any

the singapore airshow kicks off despite the outbreak. we look at the lack of qualified pilots as the industry faces growing demand. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and do get in touch with us with your take on the oscars. did your favourite film win best picture? are you a fan of the star—studded affair or not? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. it has been an historic night at the oscars. within the past hour, parasite became the first film in a foreign language to win the award for best picture. the satirical drama from korea also won best original screenplay and best international feature film, as well as best director for bong joon—ho. live now to the bbc‘s tom brook in los angeles. he is outside the dolby theatre where this all took place. what a night. a very exciting night indeed here in los angeles for south korean cinema. this is, i think, a pivotal moment in the history of the academy, because as you were mentioning, for th

flying in the face of adversity these chinese fighter jets did make it to the singapore airshow this week plenty more didn't. buy any ill aerospace event opened on shoes day but the deadly corona virus outbreak has seriously clipped its wings singapore is a long way from china but it has reported 45 cases so far. as a result over 70 exhibitors including major players such as military aircraft maker lockheed martin and the canadian plan maker bombardier have skipped the event. at least 10 chinese companies are also not here to travel ban on those coming from the country imposed by singapore. well i notice that there were difficulties with the church this morning i think some people didn't turn up and that this day they seem to have a reduced presence. but this is still a major industry event boeing and airbus are in attendance among 930 exhibiting companies what is one of the biggest global shows of its kind organizers have imposed strict medical checks and hunch shaking is being strongly discouraged not that much of that was expected here anyway with few anticipating any major deals

, the largest presence at the singapore airshow. the largest international presence, the american showing is a strong indication of how strong the indo-asia-pacific region is to the u.s. aerospace industry. i have eric fanning, aerospace industry association ceo. good to have you with us. it is a vibrant atmosphere right now but not so at this airshow. will that impact the overall sentiment? >> i don't think so. no question it is quiet here. we still have a very healthy a contingent of american companies, the largest contingent of the u.s. military since the show -- those relationships is all indication of how important relationships and partnerships are, that have been around for years. [planes flying overhead, voices drowned out] >> i think the biggest, it is a combination of things right now. on prettyu have debility or uncertainty in the global marketplace, it creates problems for the industry. and real problems for the supply chain, the industrial base that supports the industry. so, all of the uncertainty about beingtalks, tar

flying in the face of adversity these chinese fighter jets did make it to the singapore airshow this week plenty more didn't. buy any ill aerospace event opened on choose day but the deadly corona virus outbreak has seriously clipped its wings singapore is a long way from china but it has reported $45.00 cases so far. as a result over 70 exhibitors including major players such as military aircraft maker lockheed martin and the canadian plan maker bombardier have skipped the event at least 10 chinese companies are also not here due to travel ban on those coming from the country imposed by singapore. well i notice that there are difficulties with the church and this morning i think some people didn't turn up the notice they they seem to have reduced presence. but this is still a major industry event boeing and airbus are in attendance among 930 exhibiting companies is one of the biggest global shows of its kind organizers have imposed strict medical checks and hunch shaking is being strongly discouraged not that much of that was expected here anyway with few anticipating any major deal

the singapore airshow is still ongoing and we have had a team there, we have been reporting. this is a big issue going forward as it is very unclear how the spread of the disease will develop from here on in. we have seen a spike in the number of cases reported from the chinese authorities today and when you think of the 0lympics and when you think of the olympics in the summer in tokyo... there are many things here. looking at every category of tradeshow, many are cancelled. and events going ahead where you are dependent on chinese buyers, things like the luxury industry. if you need if you run a fashion show you need buyers. but they not travelling. luxury houses. that is why you see pressure on their share prices. and when you think about how the country thatis you think about how the country that is very health—conscious who always wear a mask if they have a sniffle, they will be very concerned about the numbers of people coming into tokyo for the games. the financial times, looking at bp's vow to hidden emissions target. this was an announcement from the new chief exec

the singapore airshow kicks off despite the outbreak. we look at the lack of qualified pilots as the industry faces growing demand. and a new trading week starts on a shaky note in asia, as investors continue to fear the impact of the coronavirus. let's begin with the coronavirus outbreak, because firms and factories in china are expected to get back to work this week after an extended spring festival break. but across the country, some factories will stay closed, including carmakers toyota and honda, and what happens in china matters for the rest of us. china alone now accounts for 39% of global growth. to give you a sense of scale, china is the world's largest oil importer, and so global oil consumption has fallen around 20% since the outbreak began. the spread of the coronavirus could also affect the phase one trade deal that the us and china worked out last month. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani takes a closer look at what happens when the world's factory shuts down because of an international health emergency. from

as you see singapore airshow to unveil a prototype of what it believes it could be the passenger jet of the future the maverick is a scale model of what's known as a blended wing body aircraft the revolutionary design is thought to be 20 percent more fuel efficient than today's passenger jets and it was claims it will give passengers a totally new experience one of the challenges was working out how to prevent people at the side from being thrown about too much on the aircraft terms. this is the w.'s these are our top stories turkish president rather tired virtue of his war this is country will do whatever is necessary to push back the syrian regime did it live by the end of this month he also threatened to attack syrian forces everywhere in the country if any turkish forces are harmed. china has reported 97 more deaths from the corona virus and more than 2000 new infections health officials say these are the lowest figure since january and they're predicting the epidemic could be over by april however international health officials say it's too early to make such an assumption. bern

one event that's not been cancelled is the singapore airshow. the event usually gathers some of the biggest names in the aviation industry, particularly when it comes to the defence sector. monica miller is at the changi exibition centre — the event has been scaled back though? monica can i understand that your body temperature has been checked quite a few times already this week. twice today. my crew and i could not even enter the facility before getting out of the car and having oui’ getting out of the car and having our temperatures taken. getting out of the car and having our temperatures ta ken. they getting out of the car and having our temperatures taken. they had put extra measures in place, there are medics on the scene with lots of hand sanitiser is. they asked officials at the weekend why they we re officials at the weekend why they were going ahead with this especially when the government escalated its alert rating to orangemen the same level they put into place during the sars epidemic. they said they did a risk assessment and d

several international aerospace companies withdraw from the singapore airshow — as fears of the virus hit the global economy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: from countryside to coastal towns. democratic presidential candidates blitz the new hampshire state ahead of the first primary election. triumph in hollywood brings jubilation in seoul, as south korea celebrates the oscar winning movie, parasite. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news.

despite the virus outbreak, the singapore airshow takes off today.

several international aerospace companies withdraw from the singapore airshow as fears of the virus hit the global economy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: from countryside to coastal towns — democratic presidential candidates blitz the new hampshire state ahead of the first primary election. triumph in hollywood brings jubilation in seoul, as south korea celebrates the oscar—winning movie parasite. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore

thing happening at the singapore airshow this week a lot of big companies pulling out- a as the c corona virus spreads. it's fair to say we're going to see this country and continuing. on data nervously on that issue of charting old problems that we find- on that virus and- the measures being taken to control it. kate as ever for the business thank you very much indeed great to see you. time for. now the present all trump but doesn't like people who disagree with him. especially if it's that the media that we're talking about- trump spoken from official platforms to condemn journalists. as the enemy of the people. n now as a result it seems so maybe just a coincidence that more more journalists have been getting attacked. since trump was elected in twenty sixteen. and the worst of these cases was the at twenty eighteenen. occurrence five journalists killed by government. at the capitol cassettes in maryland. a focus by funny allah and chemical just on. of the fourty four presidents who held this ofoffice before him many have at times criticized the media but none have declared a full on

we will have plenty more ahead especially on the singapore airshow. the commercial aviation ceo joins bloomberg tv later today. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: let's get more on the coronavirus. it has the potential of obstructing that phase one trade deal. larry kudlow said china should be able to meet obligations despite the spreading infection. >> president xi and trump spoke .y phone last evening very constructive conversation. president trump believes china can handle the virus. we are helping them with all kinds of exports. is a great sign. on the export story, not only tariff reductions but president xi said, it may be a little slower to purchase american exports, but it will get done by the end of the year and next year. they are especially interested in medical supplies, pharma stuff and agriculture. the export boom we are expecting from these strong new trade deals -- let's include usmca, that will help the economy. tom: you mentioned important things. has china consulted with the united states and requested exceptions for the purchase agreeme

it is his first singapore airshow you'd good to have you -- airshow. an increase ing helicopter sales, why is that? >> he comes down to the markets we are looking up you'd we don't expect a large increase but a positive outcome the next couple of years. we are looking at the bigger private-public market in the asian market. haslinda: is it driven by government spending? >> a challenge with quantifying is sometimes you have a big deal in one year and it might take a couple of years to get the government to purchase again. some of the governments around here, 2020 and 2021 will be big purchases. specifically we had a tender out of australia for 16-20 aircrafts, so we will be focused on that for the next few months. air --a: any anecdotal evidence that coronavirus could affect your growth in the next 12 months? david: we are all looking at that. it is still brand-new and were trying to figure out what will happen here. we have offices in china that have had to close. i think there's going to be some type of impact but it will depend on how these countries

asia's biggest airshow is underway in singapore but dozens of companies have pulled out over worries about the coronavirus at least 70 businesses are skipping the event they include major companies like u.s. defense firms lockheed martin and raytheon it's another setback for the aviation industry from this outbreak that's already led to hundreds of flights being suspended to and from china 10 chinese companies are unable to attend florence lloyd joins us from the airshow and singapore to put all of this and perspective for us florence. well you're right it this is a much quieter show than it than previous shows and as a noticeably reduced presence in terms of exhibits as when we walked around the it's a bishan hole we notice some vacant lot some quiet rooms where the companies have pulled out now lockheed martin the defense company they still have their hospitality tent up but they had a notice up that to say they regret but because of coronavirus of the concerns of that they're not able to attend this year's show and singapore has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases and

in singapore for example is asia's biggest event of its kind last edition 2 years ago attracted more than $1000.00 companies but this year's event has begun against a backdrop of the core of a result break several companies have pulled out altogether and there are why the concerns about how the virus could impact the sector as a whole. flying in the face of adversity these chinese fighter jets did make it to the singapore air show this week plenty more didn't. the biennial aerospace event opened on choosing but the deadly coronavirus outbreak has seriously clipped its wings singapore is a long way from china but it has reported 45 cases so far. as a result over 70 exhibitors including major players such as military aircraft maker lockheed martin and the canadian plan maker bombardier have skipped the event at least 10 chinese companies are also not here due to a travel ban on those coming from the country imposed by singapore. well i notice that there are difficult boots which betray him this morning i think some people didn't turn up and this day they seem to have reduced presence.

and there is an airshow going on in singapore which is why you've got a lot of people from the aviation industry you can give you a bit more context to this boeing story. absolutely and boeing hasn't called out of the singapore air show on might be more than 70 participants or hold out because of fears of a coronavirus the spread of current a virus boeing has a presence here it's been holding press conferences it's trying to rebuild people's concert. and in the bland following the grounding of the 737 max since last march. for the 2 crashes fatal crashes within the space of 5 months. the longer this drags on the bigger this impact has on the an aviation industry and to talk to us a little bit more about this is matthew dress code editor of asian aviation matthew thank you for speaking to us on al-jazeera boeing has said its top priority is to get the 737 max back into service what you see as the main challenges with the big challenges and to get that well the problem is you don't just like a switch in the plane jumps back into the air you have something like 437 planes i think that are

ages biggest airshow is underway in singapore but dozens of companies have pulled out over worries about the coronavirus at least 70 businesses are skipping the event include major companies like u.s. defense firms lockheed martin and raytheon this is another setback for the aviation industry from this outbreak that's already led to hundreds of flights being suspended to and from china so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come at the top of the hour in the meantime inside story. al jazeera with every. it's the worst invasion of the desert locusts in a quarter of a century across east africa south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat the situation has been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya ug

shery: the coronavirus is affecting asia's biggest airshow in singapore. the event has seen no-shows among aviation's biggest names. japan away on holidays. korea is coming online. let's get straight to the market action. sarah: japanese equity markets are closed for holiday. let's take a look at what is moving in the region, the fx and rates markets. the yen holding steady but this after five days of losses in the last six for the safe haven currency as we did see the bid just a bit.derate we have seen a slight global bond rally. 10 year jgb yields down by two basis points, yielding negative six basis points. futures.a look at flat right now, holding steady after the u.s. trading session. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq 100, the tech heavy benchmark, did close at record highs yet again, but switch up the board, because korea is not on holiday and those markets are coming online as we speak. the cost be higher today by .6% after two -- kospi higher today by .6%. new zealand stocks have been opened for quite some time. both higher as well, up by about .7% respec

, people worried about travelling especially in singapore, such a crucial transport hub for that part of the world. as i flew through it a couple of weeks ago, people we re a couple of weeks ago, people were already wearing masks, it is part of the common way of life around that part of the world but now with the focused on health but also the focus on air travel, that being the key vehicle of the transporting the virus. only yesterday i was talking to someone from heathrow about the knock—on effect, the potential lack of use ofair effect, the potential lack of use of air slots. heathrow is a jampacked air slot, the busiest in the world, one of them. slots are extremely valuable commodities. in fact, the last timea pairof commodities. in fact, the last time a pair of slots were sold between airlines, £75 million oi’ between airlines, £75 million or something like the value. there is an issue. if you don't maintain 80% capacity of a particular air slot, you could potentially lose the slot. the knock—on effect of this kind of challenge continues where airlines are reducing the f

despite the virus outbreak, the singapore airshow takes off today. but some big names are missing in action. and financial markets are a bit more upbeat in asia today with a record close the night before on wall street. japan is closed today for a public holiday. we start with the coronavirus outbreak. as of this morning, the death toll within china has topped 1,000. nissan is the latest global giant to talk of its impact — the second carmaker to suspend production due to parts shortage. and it's having a huge effect notjust on global travel and trade, but with many events around the world being delayed or cancelled. the meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions sector — or mice as it's also known — is worth a lot of money, over $800 billion in 2017. sony and amazon are among the latest to pull out of next week's mobile world congress in barcelona. meanwhile, the tokyo 2020 olympic and paralympic games are less than six months away, and organisers are growing increasingly concerned. let's get more on this story from mathias posch, preside